VP of Engineering

Rekruton Global IT Services; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 12,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Rekruton Global IT Services seeks a seasoned engineering leader with extensive experience in software development and management. The role focuses on leading large, distributed teams delivering high-volume, data-intensive platforms and real-time, API-driven services.

Candidates should have strong DevOps, cloud-native, security, and stakeholder management capabilities to drive scalable solutions. The ideal candidate brings 15+ years in software engineering, 7+ years in leadership, and proven

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• Typically 15 or more years of software-engineering experience.
• At least 7 years of experience in engineering leadership or management positions.
• Significant experience leading managers, architects, technical leads, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• At least 3–5 years of relevant experience in AdTech, MarTech, data platforms, or another high-volume digital ecosystem.
• Strong understanding of programmatic advertising and the broader digital-advertising ecosystem.
• Proven experience building or scaling distributed, high-volume, and data-intensive technology platforms.
• Strong experience with real-time systems, APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, and cloud-native technologies.
• Experience with batch processing, streaming, data pipelines, data lakes, data warehouses, and analytical platforms.
• Experience integrating machine-learning or data-science capabilities into production systems.
• Strong understanding of modern engineering practices, automated testing, DevOps, CI/CD, observability, and site reliability.
• Experience managing cloud infrastructure, technology budgets, vendors, and infrastructure costs.
• Working knowledge of information security, data privacy, governance, and compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to improve engineering quality, scalability, reliability, and organizational accountability.
• Experience working with global stakeholders and geographically distributed teams.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, coaching, negotiation, and decision-making skills.

Skills

Leadership

Software engineering leadership

AdTech/MarTech domain experience

Real-time systems

APIs & microservices

Cloud-native technologies

Data pipelines & data lakes

Data-intensive platforms

DevOps & CI/CD

Security & compliance

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering/IT

Job description

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• Typically 15 or more years of software-engineering experience.
• At least 7 years of experience in engineering leadership or management positions.
• Significant experience leading managers, architects, technical leads, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• At least 3–5 years of relevant experience in AdTech, MarTech, data platforms, or another high-volume digital ecosystem.
• Strong understanding of programmatic advertising and the broader digital-advertising ecosystem.
• Proven experience building or scaling distributed, high-volume, and data-intensive technology platforms.
• Strong experience with real-time systems, APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, and cloud-native technologies.
• Experience with batch processing, streaming, data pipelines, data lakes, data warehouses, and analytical platforms.
• Experience integrating machine-learning or data-science capabilities into production systems.
• Strong understanding of modern engineering practices, automated testing, DevOps, CI/CD, observability, and site reliability.
• Experience managing cloud infrastructure, technology budgets, vendors, and infrastructure costs.
• Working knowledge of information security, data privacy, governance, and compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to improve engineering quality, scalability, reliability, and organizational accountability.
• Experience working with global stakeholders and geographically distributed teams.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, coaching, negotiation, and decision-making skills.